Software Engineering Graduate within Product Engineering for Luxury Brand
Gradfuel, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are looking for graduates to join our Software Engineering team.
Automobiles are becoming more and more reliant on software every year, and modern vehicles feature the most advanced technology in the industry. Before drivers get in our cars, software identifies their key fob and unlocks the vehicle. During the journey, software supports their driving via stability and assistance systems and provides a welcoming and refined user experience through infotainment. Software is also crucial to our new electric propulsion systems, making our software engineers crucial to the future of the business.
As a software graduate, you will rotate through multiple departments over two years, giving you a well-rounded understanding of the organisation. At all times, you will operate alongside experienced engineers, who will guide and support your growth as you become a key member of the software engineering community.
You will have four placements over your two-year programme. Your first six-month placement will be with your ‘home’ team. After that, you could work in any the following departments: Engineering Body Chassis (EBC), Digital Products Platform (DPP), Engineering Propulsion (EP), Engineering Vehicle (EV), Engineering Operations (EO) or Engineering Research (ER). You will be allocated to a department based on personal preferences and business needs.
Engineering Body Chassis (EBC)
EBC is responsible for the majority of content that you see and touch in the car. We work closely with the creative studio to translate their award-winning designs into engineering reality, taking into account performance, manufacturability, sustainability, cost and weight.
Our software engineering teams are responsible for designing and developing software that runs both inside and outside the vehicle, supporting all the features a customer expects from our product. We use iterative and concurrent engineering approaches to provide robust software innovation and integration into our vehicles. To this end, we employ a multitude of techniques, including model-based software development and directly writing code. You could be involved in the creation of these models or the code or provide support and guidance to our suppliers to ensure we deliver robust products and experiences.
Digital Products Platform (DPP)
Software is a key component of our future cars as the amount of technology in vehicles continues to increase to meet our customers’ evolving needs.
Our DPP team uses iterative and concurrent engineering approaches to deliver real innovation, harnessing a wealth of techniques including model-based software development and directly writing code. You could be involved in creating this code or providing support and guidance to our suppliers to ensure we deliver robust products and satisfying user experiences. In the process, you could find yourself implementing elastic cloud-based infrastructures, utilising infrastructure as code and deploying a variety of scripting languages that will deliver the tools and environment for large software teams.
Engineering Propulsion (EP)
Our EP team are leaders in the design, test, validation and certification of world-class propulsion systems aimed at delivering driving experiences that our customers will love for life.
The scope of our propulsion systems is far-reaching and includes major commodity groups such as electric drive units, energy storage devices, engines, transmissions and drivelines, complemented by software system integration, calibration and control strategies.
We take a global perspective, and our teams carry out overseas testing and certification in world markets, gather market-specific feedback, interface with colleagues and supplier manufacturing plants around the globe, and collaborate cross-functionally with all of our key stakeholders.
The EP team use state-of-the-art build, test and sign-off facilities to provide the power and driving force behind our vehicles using the combined expertise of our cross-functional teams to find the ideal balance between performance, sustainability and refinement, while responding to the rapidly changing environmental issues that shape our industry.
Engineering Vehicle (EV)
EV is the key technical department for the product creation process: leading engineering innovation from concept to customer, managing the technical content of programmes, and balancing customer attributes and commodities to deliver and launch world class products.
In particular, EV drives the creation and control of vehicle architectures, conducts diverse technical projects and concept studies, and champions end-to-end vehicle efficiency improvements, whilst integrating systems to ensure the seamless delivery of futur